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[narrator] By 2011, the construction crews were making rapid progress
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Engineering Catastrophes

By 2011,the construction crewswere making rapid progress, but their fast tracked...

[narrator] By 2011,
the construction crews
were making rapid progress, but their fast tracked project
was about to come
to a screeching halt. but their fast tracked project
was about to come
to a screeching halt

Full Transcript

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[narrator] By 2011, the construction crews were making rapid progress,
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but their fast tracked project was about to come to a screeching halt.
00:00:10.153 --> 00:00:10.633
but their fast tracked project was about to come to a screeching halt.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
11
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:24
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
6
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E02 Offer them flotation devices and life jackets - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Offer them flotation devices and life jackets
S06 • E01 It's probably 15 feet across and I fell backwards. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It's probably 15 feet across and I fell backwards.
S06 • E05 [narrator] The same apparatus Jose had spent three years watching, night after night, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] The same apparatus Jose had spent three years wat...
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: While Jeff and dozens of other - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: While Jeff and dozens of other
S06 • E08 And what lowers them is allowing the water in the cavity to escape. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
And what lowers them is allowing the water in the cavity to ...
S06 • E10 [narrator] Her street was closed off, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
[narrator] Her street was closed off,
S06 • E07 Just 42 days after opening, a section on the western end of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Just 42 days after opening, a section on the western end of
S06 • E01 [narrator] As news of the disaster spread, photographer Brad McClenney - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] As news of the disaster spread, photographer B...
S06 • E02 [narrator] Of the 11 people that went down with the bridge, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] Of the 11 people that went down with the bridg...
S06 • E08 [narrator] Water is piped in from the bottom of the lake. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:50
[narrator] Water is piped in from the bottom of the lake.
S06 • E06 February 14th, 2011, in San Antonio, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:30
February 14th, 2011, in San Antonio,
S06 • E09 There was a garage collapse, and right away, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
There was a garage collapse, and right away,
S06 • E07 I got in my vehicle and drove down there, and lo and behold, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
I got in my vehicle and drove down there, and lo and behold,
S06 • E01 They had tape up to make sur that no one was able to get back there. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
They had tape up to make sur that no one was able to get ...
S06 • E03 [narrator] The tragedy sent shockwaves across the nation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:37
[narrator] The tragedy sent shockwaves across the nation
S06 • E09 I call his phone, it go to voice message, it ring, ring, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
I call his phone, it go to voice message, it ring, ring,
S06 • E05 [narrator] Local journalist Martin Myall receive a call, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] Local journalist Martin Myall receive a call,
S06 • E09 I left, like, dozens of messages. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
I left, like, dozens of messages.
S06 • E01 [narrator] Caught on camera a local resident. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] Caught on camera a local resident.
S06 • E02 It's still seems foreign to me. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:48
It's still seems foreign to me.